Quickly and Easily Building SharePoint REST API Query URLs

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Have you ever tried to build the URL for a REST API service call and ended up confused and frustrated? The OData query syntax is well documented, it's just not that intuitive. Well, if you want to query list data I have a little trick you can use to have the appropriate URL generated for you. Step-by-step instructions can be found on my blog in the latest edition of my SharePoint Developer Quick Tips series as well as on the video below. This tip, and more like it, can also be found in my SharePoint 2010 Lists and Libraries for Developers course.